There have been lots of movies with and about Dracula, no question. There have been far too many films about vampires. Also no question. However, I’m really quite pressed to think of a film that really deals with the origons of Dracula. “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” way back in 1992 sort of touched on his origons, but not really much.
No now Universal Studios is apparently going to do just that. An origons of Dracula movie. DRACULA BEGINS! Ok, that’s not really the title. The good folks over at Cinema Confidential give us this:
The script will tell of the origins of Dracula where vampire mythology will mix with the true history of Prince Vlad the Impaler. The trade describes Dracula in the story as a “flawed hero in a tragic love story set in a dark age of magic and war, repositioning him more as a vengeful hero than the monster seen in Bram Stoker’s classic novel.”
I think this sounds great. I’m not 100% sold on the idea of trying to show “The Impaler” as some sort of good guy hero… but I guess every vilain has his fall at some point. But man… if they turn this into another Van Helsing I’m gonna walk out.
